Q. Which of the following statements about the Indian press is/are not true?
A. The Bengal Gazette, a weekly paper, was started by James Augustus
Hicky, an Englishman, in 1780.
B. Hicky, a pioneer in the history of journalism in India, had very cordial relations with Warren Hastings, the then Governor- General.
C. The Kolkata Journal was started by J. S. Buckingham in 1818.
D. The Bengalee and the Amrit Bazar Patrika were the first vernacular papers in India.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) B and C
(b) B and D
(c) A and C
(d) C and D.
Ans: (b) B and D
